{
  "id": 8187210,
  "title": "La quita de deuda encalla en el Congreso por las exigencias del independentismo",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/la-quita-de-deuda-encalla-en-el-congreso-por-las-exigencias-del",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T23:54:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Expansion ES",
    "slug": "expansion-es",
    "url": "https://www.expansion.com/economia/2026/09/18/6aac0bbee5fdeac7028b4593.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "The deadline for amendments to the debt forgiveness for autonomous communities is extended for a second time as the government negotiates with independentist factions, who demand an increase from the initial 17.104 million euros. The Committee of Finance and Public Function of the Congress of Deputies approved on Wednesday a further one-week extension of the deadline for amendments to the Organic Law of exceptional measures for financial sustainability for the autonomous communities of common regime, which outlines the debt forgiveness approved by the Council of Ministers at the end of the previous year. This covers the forgiveness of more than 83,000 million euros of the debt of the communities. This is the second postponement of the regular period for submitting amendments, which initially set the deadline for the following week. The new extension will last an additional week until next Tuesday, though it is not ruled out that it will be extended further. According to parliamentary sources, if the majority of groups propose extending the deadline, it will be done. This mechanism, as explained, has already been used in the past to freeze laws, according to sources. The main obstacle to the debt forgiveness reaching the Congress plenary seems to be the negotiation between the socialist group and Junts, who called for more funds citing the increase in Catalonia's debt in the last year. Catalonia would be the second autonomous community most benefited by the debt forgiveness, with 17.104 million euros, placing it at the same level, per capita, as the deficit-financed communities, such as Valencia or Murcia, and far ahead of others like Rioja, Madrid, Galicia, Castilla y León or Cantabria, according to data from the Independent Authority of Fiscal Responsibility (Airef). This, despite Catalonia being the fifth best-financed community under the current system, with 3,822.42 euros per capita, according to the latest data available, corresponding to 2022. Catalonia would be the second region most benefited by the debt forgiveness now in the deadline for amendments in the Congress. Only Andalusia, with 18.791 million euros, would be ahead. The figures are different when considering the per capita forgiveness. According to calculations by Airef, Andalusia and the Valencian Community would be the most benefited, with a forgiveness of 2,285 euros per capita, whereas Catalonia would be in the second place, with 2,284 euros per capita, far ahead of regions like Madrid, where the per capita forgiveness falls to 1,369 euros, or Galicia, Castilla y León, Cantabria or Asturias, where it would be 1,369 euros. All this to reach a total of 83.252 million euros forgiven to the autonomous communities that would have to assume by the state, in a context where the fiscal margin is increasingly limited and the injection of European funds into public coffers is reaching its final stages. The battle for greater debt forgiveness has already been advanced by the secretary general of Junts, Jordi Turull, a year and a half ago when Hacienda presented its proposal. He assured at the time that he did not understand why Catalonia was forgiven 20% of the debt and Andalusia almost 50%. This argument is now added to the increase in Catalonia's debt in recent years, which is sufficient reason for independentist groups to increase the forgiveness. Despite these demands, and unlike other issues such as the lobbying law which Junts helped overturn this Wednesday in the Lower House, the party of Carles Puigdemont has not ruled out completely its support for the debt forgiveness, although Hacienda could be forced to yield to its demands in the framework of the negotiation of the reform of autonomous financing. In this regard, the Generalitat's Minister of Finance, Alicia Romero, said a few weeks ago that the government would have to offer something to the independentist formation in exchange for its support for the new financing model. In the case of the debt forgiveness, Junts' stalling tactics are again key to the vote on the debt forgiveness prospering in the Congress, given the firm no from the PP and Vox, and amid other crucial negotiations for the government in the coming months, such as the aforementioned reform of autonomous financing or the draft of the General State Budget (PGE) that has already begun to be drawn up. The next date marked on the debt forgiveness calendar is Wednesday, September 23, when the Commission will assess whether to request another weekly extension of the amendment deadline or, on the contrary, decide to bring the already submitted amendments to the Congress plenary.",
  "summary": "El plazo de enmiendas de la condonación de deuda a las comunidades autónomas se prorroga por segunda vez mientras el Gobierno negocia con las formaciones independentistas, que piden superar los 17.104 millones contemplados inicialmente. Leer",
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}